Hello Everyone!! :-) I wanted to let everyone know that the Klez virus is running rampant. You may already be aware of this outbreak, but I, myself, received at least 20 virus's in the last week (8 just this morning, and still counting as I write this), all with different subject lines and attachments. That's more than I have received this entire year, so this is a VERY SERIOUS matter. Otherwise, we would not be discussing it on this list. <g> If anyone has questions about this, they can reply to list mom privately at [email protected] PLEASE, DO NOT REPLY TO THIS TO THE LIST! (and don't send me any virus', lol) They will appear to come from anyone.....friend, foe, or mailing list admin's. Symantec gives the following information........ "[email protected] is a mass-mailing worm that searches the Windows address book for email addresses and sends messages to all recipients that it finds. The worm uses its own SMTP engine to send the messages. The subject and attachment name of incoming emails is randomly chosen. The attachment will have one of the following extensions: .bat, .exe, .pif or .scr. Some variants of this worm use a technique known as "spoofing." If it does this, it chooses at random an address that it finds on an infected computer as the "From:" address that it uses when it performs its mass-mailing routine. Numerous cases have been reported in which users of uninfected computers receive complaints that they have sent an infected message to someone else. For example, Linda Anderson is using a computer that is infected with [email protected]; Linda is not using a antivirus program or does not have current virus definitions. When [email protected] performs its emailing routine, it finds the email address of Harold Logan. It inserts Harold's email address into the "From:" line of an infected email that it then sends to Janet Bishop. Janet then contacts Harold and complains that he sent her infected email, but when Harold scans his computer, Norton AntiVirus does not find anything--as would be expected--because his computer is not infected." For the complete write up and ways to remove this virus, you can read the full article here..... http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/[email protected] The most informative write-up can be found here; http://www.viruslist.com/eng/viruslist.html?id=4292 Other write-ups can be found; http://www.viruslist.com/eng/viruslist.html?id=4292 http://www.antivirus.com/pc-cillin/vinfo/virusencyclo/default5.asp?VName=WOR M_KLEZ.H http://vil.mcafee.com/dispVirus.asp?virus_k=99455 You can even do a free scan of your computer to see if you are already infected, here... http://housecall.antivirus.com/pc_housecall/ If you don't have anti-virus software, I would recommend that you get some IMMEDIATELY....if you do have, then you really need to make sure that your virus definitions are up to date. There is a very reliable program that you can download FREE online. It can be found here..... http://www.grisoft.com/html/us_index.htm This Klez virus is unlike any we've ever dealt with before......it can come to you imbedded in an email, or as an attachment, it has several names and several variants of this same virus. So without protection, you are not safe. If anyone needs any help with this, again, you can contact me at [email protected] Take care, Diana